Groups can jeopardize your health: Identifying with unhealthy groups to reduce self-uncertainty

Self and Identity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-335

  Hogg, Michael A ^a   Siegel, Jason T ^a   Hohman, Zachary P ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health; Self uncertainty; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960683944     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2011.558762     Document Type: Article

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